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, 1887-05-24

A New York merchant received an &c.
count sent by a Cincinnati house in which
there was an error of four cents The lat.
ter wrote about it. The postage on the
letter was 20 cents, payable on delivery.
Indignant at such a payment and deter.
mined to punish the New York merchant,
the Cincinnati house inclosed him by mai
a package containing several old papers,
on which the New York merchant had to
pay 50 postage. The New York merchant
returned by mail a package the postage
on which cost the Cincinnati house So.
This was continued to the benefit Of tho
postoffice fund to the extent of $50, when
the Cincinnati house sent by mail the
''log book" Of a ship, for which the New
York merchant paid SIT In postage and
gave in hat he WAS beaten Dry Goods
Chronicle
, 1887-05-24

DR.. Bernheim, the distinguished physi-
ologist of Nancie, France, goes far In a
paper recently published by him to prove
the well known theory that the mind OF
man in a certain pathological state be-
comes automatic, speaking and acting by
the suggestion OF others without self con-
troll. He says that this state OF mind can
be produced by training, and was pro-
duced in the case of Moritz Scharf, Of
T~isza-Eslar, who told n long story Of
falsehoods before the court, always in
nearly the same words, accusing his father
of the murder OF that girl Esther. DIR.
Bernheim maintains that the boy Moritz,
by terror and corporal sufTerings, was
tortured into that pathological condition
and h repeuted automatically what he
had been taught to say.-New York Tri-
bune.
, 1887-05-24
Prices 10 sHiE times. Cloth
ing and all KINDS Of mems
lOear cheaper than eUel' at
~. MARKS, Eddy street.


The cocoanut is in many respects like
the human skull, although it closely re-
sembles the skull of the monkey. A
sponge may DO 30 held as to remind one
of the unfleshed face of the skeleton, and
the meat OF an English walnut is almost
the exact representation of the brain.
Plums and black cherries resemble the
human eyes; almonds and some other
nuts resemble the different varieties OF
the human nose, and an open oyster and
its shell arc n perfect image of the human
ear.
The shape Of almost any mans body
may be found in the various kinds of
mammoth pumpkins. The open hand
may be discerued in the form assumed
by scrub willows and growing celery.
The German turnip and the egg plant
resemble the human heart. There are
other striking resemblances between hui
man organs and certain vegetable forms.
The forms Of many mechanical contriv-
ances in common use may be traced back
to tie patterns furnished by nature.
Thus, the hog suggested the pillow; the
butterfly, the ordinary hinge; the toad
stool, the umbrella; the duck, the ship;
the fungous growth o. trees, the bracket.
Any n DESTROYS of proving the oneness
OF the earthly system will find the re-
semblance in nature an amusing study,
to say tho least.-New York Market
Journal.
, 1887-05-24
Laramie Peuirent,ary. wyoming.

Plans and specifications for building an
addition to the United States peuitentiary
at Laramie City, Wyo., will be received
at the office of the governor, in Cheyenne.
and opened at noon, June 9. 1887, by the
board, consisting of the governor, the sec
rotary and the United States marshal Of
the territory.
The plans and specifications will con.
form as nearly as possible to the outward
appearance OF the present building. which
is 40x70 feet, outside measurement; walls
of hard sand store, twenty tour inches
thick and twenty fpur feet high above the
grade; mansard roof with dormer win
dows.
The plans and specifications must in
elude the cells aud all the interior work
complete and ready for occupancy. The
secretary of the interior will allow a rea-
sonable compensation for the plans and
specifications adopted. but for nonc other.
The amount of money to be expended is
about twenty one thousand dollars, and no
plans and specifications will be considered
which contemplate a larger expenditure
Provision will besmade for FIVE women
prisoners and three sleeping rooms for
guards.
Plans and specifications will also in
eludea an additional expenditure oil one
thousand dollars for kitchen and dining
room for one hundred prisoners. which
may be an attached building of stone. or
embraced in the main building.
On the acceptance of the plans and
specifications, and the ad advertisement for
bids, there will be at tie same time an
advertisement for repairs to the present
building, costing poss bly, three thousand
dollars or more. the same being largely
regulated by the plans, position and ar
ranRements of the new bui ding.
All plans, specifications, contracts. ETC.,
to be approved by the secretary of the in,
terror, upon the recommendation of the
board.
All payments in cash.
THOMAS MOONLIGHT,
Governor and Chairman of the Board.
CHEYENNE, Wyo May l9, 1887.
, 1887-05-24


The telephone system of Honolulu 10
very persect-as good as any place in the
world, better than in some. Tho ar
riages for hire are q sort of phaeton,
with top extending over two seats.
drawn by i horse. The smooth, level
streets, nacadamized with coral. enable
ono horse to draw four passengers with
ease at o good round gait. The fare Is
twenty-five cents for each passenger any
where within the city limits-a liberal
district.
The natives are expert horsemen; they
ride small sized, tough mustangs with
Mexican saddles and lariat at the saddle
bow, at q furious pace. Necessarily they
are the best of swimmers and boatmen.
The whalers say they are excellent sea-
men, and, strange as it may appear, for
those born in the tropics. Withstand the
cold OF the Arctic seas. The native
policemen are a inc looking lot Of follows.
They wear white linen caps and panta~
looms, and blue sack coats; with their
swarthy complexion they present a natty
appearance. Withal Honolulu is q quiet
place for a city Of 10000 inhabitants
composed OF 30 many discordant ele-
ments. Foreigners dress according to
individual taste, in suits of white, with
straw or pith East India hats; others
wear somber black; all wear the thinnest
Of material. One may meet in the streets
English. American, japanese, Chinese.
South Sea Islanders and Hawaiians jostl-
ing each other on the sidewalks. Bust
ness closes at 8 o'clock. The sentries at
the palace wear uniforms of white linen,
with pith helmets. ALI natives nre ad-
mitted to the grounds. White men are
not allowed to enter unless they have a
pass from the proper authorization.
Cleveland Leader.
, 1887-05-24
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, 1887-05-24


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all the terrible effects Of self abuse and
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Address English Medical Dispensdry, No
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, 1887-05-24

Are important problems, the former
depending greatly on the latter. Everyone
is familiar with the healthy properties Of
fruit and no one can afford to be sick and
miserable while the pleasant Califoruis
concentrated liquid fruit remedy, Syrup
Of Figs may be had of our ~enterprising
druggist W. N. Hunt. 1919 Eddy street.
, 1887-05-24
TWO SONGS.

One sang a song the world might hear,
And hcarkencd for its loo : acclaim
The whispered praise OF her most dear
Was but his single need Of fame.
He sang q song for her alone,
With many a loving thought impaired.
And lol to every tender tone
Rose plaudit from q listening world.
, 1887-05-24
The Wonderful Heating Properties of
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ing and deodorizing injection or wash is
required use l'arbys Propbylactic Fluid.
ANY inflamed surface. external or internal.
treated with the Fluid, will be quickly re
licved. 1t has effected cures that had re
sisted the best medical skill.
, 1887-05-24
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box. For sale by W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-05-24

The blood must be pure if the body
would be in perfect condition. DR.. J. H.
McLean's Strengthening Cordial and
Blood Purifier. makes pure blood, and
imparts the rich bloom of health and
yigor to the whole body.
, 1887-05-24
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, 1887-05-24
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, 1887-05-24

Letter heads, bill heads, and note heads
at the Leader Office.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
Making Artificial Cold.

Altogether, what with the use Of these
machines in storehouses, packing-houses,
and breweries, we arc doing to. day in New
York by chemicals and machinery what
would require the melting of 3 900 tons of ice
aday. This, at the prices demanded by the
ice companies for Ice for such purposes,
represents o work which would cost ~, 500
q day if ice were used. Machinery does
the work infinitely better and at less than
half the cost. Inasmuch as this artificial
cold production has been a rapidly growing
business since its inception ten years ago,
of course o great a firms have gone into
the manufacture of cold producing ma
chinery. An expert tells HE that there are
%forty-two manufacturers engaged in the
business of making and selling such ma
chlnery in the United States. Although
the artificial production of cold dates from
1925, the first great advance in the pro-
cess Was made by Care, o Frenchman,
who used liquid ammonia in some machines
he exhibited ut the Paris exhibition in 1857.
At that time and since then it has also been
attempted to produce cold by COMPRISING
air, and liberating it, the liberated
air absorbing heat very rapidly in
expanding. Several Americans have dis
tinguished themselves in this field Of in
v%ention, but the present process, which is
being improved almost yearly, is, like most
other great inventions, the work Of q num-
Der Of different men. each me Of whom
has added something to the whole.-Hart-
fora Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
A Brave Pioneer Woman.

Gov. Davis's old home in Wisconsin was
on the tract of land which has become
famous as the Bethesda Springs. His
grandfather owned the section of land
where the spring is located. The Indian
trail TO Milwaukee ran by the spring AMI he
told me that in his early days it was a
beauti nj spot, the rich, luxuriant growth
of grass on the hnoIls sloping down into
the spring aud the pure, GEAR water form
ing a mirror hat enticed him in his boy
hood days to lie for hours looking into it's
CLASSY surface. This spot, only q few
miles from Milwaukee, was then the from
tier of the country, and he has often seen
his grandmother drive AWAY the Ind ans
from her house. The hungry nat.ve OF
that day." he said. was the original tramp
of this country. 1t was exceedingly ludi-
crous to see my grandmother driving ont of
the door three or -four great, hulking In-
dams WHO had come there to demand food,
and, having received what .he s,w fit to
give them, had imprulently asked for
more. She was an energetic, blark-eyed
woman who had no fear them an | whose
mere command was snffici mt to drive them
ut."-Neu York Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25

1aie OF the Dill is entirely due to Councilman
Gllespy. who, representing a farming district
vigorously opposed that the grain nrn s
and merchant should be taxedto warrant ~.
curity to the stockmen. ""'i"h' TO-
The seed-wheat bill passed t,o Co,,,o;
late hour, with amendments tackled tn n thot
Prohlpit the expenditure of more than * mn
IN any ono county, or more than forty bnsbais
OF gram to one applicant. The bill appronri1
ases sloo,OO out of the public treasury: The
Smith and other South dakota dts' memb ssleks Sm,
1t was no use, sthc ANIMALS ewes were gots
and the territory was sailed. sos
Farmers generally will DO disappointed ovor
me failure OF every measure looking towards
railroad control. Not a bill has passed that in
On the last night in tho House Representatiye
Alkens made the astounding statement that
Dllis, after having been considered in commit.
zee ana duly reported, passed upon, etc, had
been stolen BY railroad connivance and could
n, DC found" He insisted on passing a bill
to fight the devilis to meet him with his own
weapons. This speech produced q sensation.
and the galleries, which were crowded. cheered
and applauded to such an extent that the
speaker threatened to have them cleared.
phliag the whole session, a bevy, Of railroad
as Geo: Hand, Jno. M. Mcdonald, cal Uiine'
and others, have dogged the committees, and
wrestled with the members of both houses.
The most disappointed man in either House
Is the gay and festive Tom Elliott He is the
sathor Of the famous Elliott bill, which OBJ
road measures put together. After the most
pertinseions fighting and struggle the ire
g9resslble Tom got his measure through the
House: it was sent to the Council, referred to
the Railroad Committee and never seen again.
Tom created a row over it's disappearance, the
Council ordered search made for it, but the
missing bill could not be found, and thus the
famous Elliott bill, which shot like . meteor
;athwart the resplendent heavens, fell within a
hole, with nothing to mark its resting place
beyond the resonant and mellifuous voice of
its irate author.
h bill for compilation of the laws passed
and was signed. The compilers are Auditor
Caldwell and Attorney Price, of Highmore.
The work is to be finished in eight months
from the passage of the bill; the cost of SER
vice not to exceed 5000.
On Saturday a special train left Bismarck at
! ~ a m, conveying with it the greater portion
OF the members, who, after their sixty days
%s,ojourn at the Capital, were glad to return to
thcir homes. XXX.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
illness. DR.. Searle made the following
statement in regard to the distinguished di-

illness. DR.. Searle made the following
statement in regard to the distinguished di-
vines last hours:
Mr.. Beecher began to fail decidedly at
3 o'clock Tuesday morning. His respira-
ton was rapid. At 4 O'Clock the family was
summoned. Death came slowly and stealth
lily. His Inspirations gradually became
faster and faster until they reached sixty a
minute. His pulse was variable and often
reached lao. He still remained in the same
condition except Us to breathing, his eyes
closed, and he was entirely unconscious.
The motions of the right arm became less
frequent, and were finally stopped almost
entirely. About 8 o'clock in the morning
we could detect the first symptoms of i'm
mediate death. His pulse ran up still
higher, fickered, and fuctuated until 9:2S,
two minutes before his death. His pulse
ceased almost entirely at the wrist,
being so faint TINT it could hardly
be detected, and then stopped alto
gether. There was a rattle in lis throat,
painful to those around him. but I'M
felt by him owing to the failure of the
nerve center of the respiratory organs, to-
gether with the failure of the hearts action.
His death was very easy, as painless if not
Ms pleasant as death from sutftocation or by
drowning is said to be-"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25

. report before the 18th day of September,
and that Town Clerks shall prepare their de-
hnn9uent road tax list before October /.
10 provide for the taxation of Telegram
Companies.
10 provide mode of procedure to compel as
creditors.
Defining the duties of County Treasurer in
na X tax receipts and increasing the anne
~ ~ increase the age OF consent" to IA years.
judicial District into two subdivisions. and to
provide for terms of court therein.
10 prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors,
either wholesale or retail, in any county, with
sioners.
10 amend the revenue laws go that two
members of a school board may authorize the
leyyying of q school tax.
book nG provide for the printing of a "Slue
To repeal the usury law.
ao prevent fraudulent voting by requiring
10 legalize an election at Sioux Falls at
which bonds to the amount of $4,000 were
voted to . railroad company as bonus.
To fix time Of holding court in Llncoln and
turner counties.
To establish tho boundaries of Morton
county.
An act to regulate the cancellation and for
1eiturc OF insurance policies.
10 enable County Commissioners to isues
bonds to pay outstanding warrants.
Appropriating $4,000 for building a dormi-
tory at the Grand Forks University.
Appropriating $4,000 for the maintenance
OF the Speartish Normal School.
To provide funds for the purchase of the
experimental Farm at the Brookings Agricul-
tural College.
To provide funds for the construction of q
dormitory and wing of main building of the
University of Dakota.
Providing for the manner ~ Mating town
| sites
For the establishment Of free libraries and
r~eading-rooms in cities, villages and town.
ships.
Fixing time at two years for the redemption
of lands sold for taxes.
To prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquor
To define the boundaries of Ward and Rem
| Vile Counties.
To prohibit the sale of liquor in Territorial
buildings.
Tt. provido funds to pay for the construction
or q Normal School building at Madison.
Providing for the vacation of town plats.
10 authorize municipal corporations to lay
out, open, improve and vacate streets and al
leys.
To lagalize an election held at Spearfish.
10 provide for the compilation aud distribu-
ton of the laws of the Territory.
70 provide for the appointment Of Notaries.
among cattle.
70 furnish funds for publishing reports of
public officers.
Repeating the act allowing the Counties Of
Barnes and Griggs to fund their Indebtedness.
Making it compulsory for every able-bodied
citizen to serve as q militiaman.
To punish false pretense in obtaining the
registration of cattle and other animals, and to
punish giving false pedigrees.
An entire revision of the school laws.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
Sketch of His Life.

1t is half o century ago since Henry Ward
Beecher, then boyish-looki 6 and aged "a
years, preached his first sermon, and his
maiden effort was delivered before an ex-
tremely orthodox congregation Of Presby-
terians in a little white frame church ut
Lawrenceburg, Ind. 1t is probable that
from the first be ave great promise, for,
after remaining in Lawrenceburg for only
two years, we find him promoted in 1889 to
q much better position in Indianapolis,
where he remained several years, and
where he first attracted national attention.
His Presbyterian beliefs seem to have
gradually become weaser during this time,
and in 1S47, his Indianapolis congregation
becoming convinced that he was wandering
into forbidden paths and inclined to over
turn well-established dogmas, it be-
zane necessary that he should
find another and more liberal flock.
Plymouth Congregational Church in
Beecher was taken on triad. He pleased
the congregation 80 well that he was soon
installed as regular pastor. and from that
day to this he and Plymouth Church have
been SO closely Identified with each other
that it is impossible almost to tii.,k OF Il
time when he was not the regular occupant
its pulpit.
MIR. Beecher came from ono of the most
remarkable and most talented American
families : the same family which has given
US Charles and Edward Beecher and Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was the fourth
son of the eminent DIR. Lyman Beecher,
aud received most of his theological train
in9 at Lime Seminary, near Cincinnati. o.,
his fathers eye. He was born at
Conn. June "a, 1913, and after
attending some public Latin schools en-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
Eaten Before 1t Was Dead.

In regard to such animals MS frogs, etc.,
it is pretty hard to say at what time they
are dead. I remember the case of ~ snap
per Which I caught in the creek in New
Jersey. We began by cutting off the head
and going through the usual process in
such cases. Some time aflerward I found
the heart (Which had not yet been disposed
of) still contracting. I take it for granted
The animal was really dead, because it had
been cooked. AMI I had eaten it during the
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
Tho rcath-beA Scene,
New York telearam.A

lNon AWh lcleE5Eaul.)
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher died at
$3.50 o'clock Tuesday morning surrounded
by all the members Of his family except
those for whom distance or sickness made
it impossible to reach his bedside.
S. V. White and E. A. Seacomb of
Plymouth Church and Maj. j. B. Pond
were also present when deaths summons
came. The family had been summoned to
the death bed early in the morning by DIR.
Searle, who detected the signs of rapidly
approach g dissolution. At about s Il. m.
MIR. S. V. White announced to those gath
cred before the house that the end was
very near, and even then the sobs Of the
sorrowing family could be heard all through
the no, Sc. At $3.50 o'clock DIR. Searle. who
had been holding n Of Mr.. Eeecher's
hands, said: Mr.. Beecher is no more; he
is dead"
1t is difficult to describe the scene at this
moment. Notwithstanding the fact that his
death was looked for, that it had been ex-
pected hourly, it seemed to come with
sucn crushing force that the family were
completely prostrated with grief. They
could not bring themselves to the sad re-
a~lization that the kindly voice of the
husband, father, and grandfather was
forever flushed in death, and that
they had only the remembrance Of
his kind admonitions. Mrs. Beecher. who
had borne up SO bravely from the first. and
who had watched SO constantly at the bed
side Of her dying husband, was utterly
broken down, and when supported by her
son Harry, Us she tottered from tie room,
looked as if it would not be long before
she would follow her beloved husband.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-03-25
BEECHER AT REST,
The susserings Of the Eminent Brook.
Ign Minister Ended by
Death.
A Sketch of the Dsceased's Career 10
Pastor, Author, and
Lecturer.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was stricken
With apoplexy at his home in Brooklyu on
Saturday, March 5, and fingered until the
following Tuesday, when death relieved
him OF his sufferings. During these three
days the great preacher lay in a comatose
condition, surrounded by the members of
his family and physicians. His faithful wife
was by his bedside almost continuously
from the hour he was stricken by the fatal